Toronto Restaurant Openings: Dim Sum Queen, Emmer & Ash, Thor Espresso Bar

Toronto Restaurant Openings highlights the latest food news in Toronto and gives a preview of what's coming soon. Find us here every Thursday morning.

Open now

• Thor Espresso Bar now has a second location, which can be found at the Spaces Queen West Event Space at 180 John Street downtown.
• A third location for Hokkaido Ramen Santouka has opened in the city at 2057 Yonge Street (at Manor Road) by Yonge & Eglinton.
• Dim Sum Queen is now open at 3241 Yonge Street (a few blocks north of Lawrence Avenue).

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Opening soon

• Nerd bar Storm Crow Manor now has an official opening date for its Toronto location at 580 Church Street (at Dundonald): October 22.
• Emmer & Ash, a bakery/restaurant set to open in 2019, will replace what was formerly the Boulevard Cafe at 161 Harbord Street in Harbord Village.
• Niuda, a hand-pulled noodle shop, will soon be taking over the shuttered H2 Kitchen at 204 Queen Street West (at St. Patrick).
• Ronto's, which will serve "memorable flavours of the world," is having its grand opening on October 19 in what was the short-lived Fargo's Snack Bar (and a Smoke's Poutinerie before that) at 772 College Street in Little Italy.

Closed

• Double D's Dundas West location is no more. Its Leslieville location is still open.

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